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To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether it is still national guidance that teachers should correct no more than three spelling mistakes in a piece of work in order not to harm a child's self-esteem.

Asked by

Andrew Selous (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

1 May 2012

Reference

106341; 543 c1515W

House

House of Commons

Literacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he is taking to improve literacy in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools.

Asked by

Priti Patel (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

30 April 2012

Reference

105206; 543 c1237W

House

House of Commons

Literacy: Teaching Methods

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many schools have applied for matched funding to purchase phonics material; and which providers they have indicated they will be purchasing from.

Asked by

Ian Mearns (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 March 2012

Reference

101998; 542 c1035W

House

House of Commons

Literacy: Teaching Methods

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many schools have applied for matched funding to purchase phonics material; and from which providers such materials will be purchased.

Asked by

Ian Mearns (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 March 2012

Reference

102260; 542 c1035W

House

House of Commons

Literacy: Secondary Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what measures his Department has put in place to identify and support GCSE students with poor reading and comprehension skills; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Fabian Hamilton (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 March 2012

Reference

98048; 541 c802W

House

House of Commons

Business of the House

I am sorry that my hon. Friend has not joined in the fun by coming to the Chamber dressed up as his favourite character, but I commend the initiative of the Evening Standard and the work of those who voluntarily go into schools to sit down and listen, one to...

Member

Lord Young of Cookham (Conservative)

Type

Proceeding contributions

Date

1 March 2012

Reference

541 c448

House

House of Commons

Business of the House

Many of my young constituents have today dressed up as fairytale characters to celebrate world book day. I am not sure what my right hon. Friend's favourite fairytale character is, but will he support the Evening Standard ““Get London Reading”” campaign and a debate to focus on the value of...

Member

David Burrowes (Conservative)

Type

Business questions

Date

1 March 2012

Reference

541 c448

House

House of Commons

India

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of UK aid in reducing (a) malaria, (b) tuberculosis, (c) HIV/AIDS and (d) illiteracy in the state of Gujarat in India; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Gareth Thomas (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department for International Development

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 February 2012

Reference

95413; 540 c521W

House

House of Commons

Education: Literacy

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the current literacy level in the United Kingdom.

Asked by

Lord Empey (Ulster Unionist Party)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Answered on

9 February 2012

The 2011 Skills for Life survey provides the most recent estimate of adult literacy (for people aged between 16 and 65 years old) in England, based on fieldwork conducted between May 2010 and February 2011. The headline findings of the survey were published in December 2011¹, table 1 below provides the information about the current distribution of literacy skill levels among this population, both in terms of proportions and counts.

Table 1: Literacy estimates among the adult population of England, 2011 (percentage and counts)
	2011
	%	Margins of error	Adult Population estimate (million)
Entry Level 1 or below	5.0	(4.3 – 5.8)	1.7
Entry Level 2	2.1	(1.7 – 2.6)	0.7
Entry Level 3	7.8	(7.0 – 8.8)	2.7
Level 1	28.5	(27.0 – 29.9)	9.7
Level 2 or above	56.6	(55.0 – 58.2)	19.3
Entry Level 3 and below	14.9	(14 – 16)	5.1
Level 1 and above	85.1	(84 – 86)	29.0
Sample size (unweighted)/population size	5,824		(34.1 million)

"Source: 2011 Skills for Life survey: headline findings" The most recent available evidence on literacy levels across the United Kingdom is more dated, from the International Adult Literacy Survey 1994-98². This showed that 22 per cent of adults, aged 16-65 in the UK, had the equivalent of entry level 3 and below (ie IALS level 1) prose literacy³ and 23 per cent had the same level of document literacy4. "¹ TNS-BMRB and AlphaPlus Consultancy Ltd. (November 2011) 2011 Skills for Life survey: headline findings, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, BIS research paper 57. Available online at: http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/further-education-skills/docs/0-9/11-1367-2011-skills-for-life-survey-findings.pdf, accessed on 8/2/12.""² OECD (2000) Literacy in the Information Age: final report of the international adult literacy survey, Statistics Canada.""³ Defined as the knowledge and skills needed to understand and use information from texts including editorials, news stories, brochures and instruction manuals.""4 Defined as the knowledge and skills required to locate and use information contained in various formats, including job applications, payroll forms, transportation schedules, maps, tables and charts." "¹ TNS-BMRB and AlphaPlus Consultancy Ltd. (November 2011) 2011 Skills for Life survey: headline findings, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, BIS research paper 57. Available online at: http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/further-education-skills/docs/0-9/11-1367-2011-skills-for-life-survey-findings.pdf, accessed on 8/2/12.""² OECD (2000) Literacy in the Information Age: final report of the international adult literacy survey, Statistics Canada.""³ Defined as the knowledge and skills needed to understand and use information from texts including editorials, news stories, brochures and instruction manuals.""4 Defined as the knowledge and skills required to locate and use information contained in various formats, including job applications, payroll forms, transportation schedules, maps, tables and charts." "² OECD (2000) Literacy in the Information Age: final report of the international adult literacy survey, Statistics Canada.""³ Defined as the knowledge and skills needed to understand and use information from texts including editorials, news stories, brochures and instruction manuals.""4 Defined as the knowledge and skills required to locate and use information contained in various formats, including job applications, payroll forms, transportation schedules, maps, tables and charts." "³ Defined as the knowledge and skills needed to understand and use information from texts including editorials, news stories, brochures and instruction manuals.""4 Defined as the knowledge and skills required to locate and use information contained in various formats, including job applications, payroll forms, transportation schedules, maps, tables and charts." "4 Defined as the knowledge and skills required to locate and use information contained in various formats, including job applications, payroll forms, transportation schedules, maps, tables and charts."

Date

9 February 2012

Reference

15389; 735 c90-1WA

House

House of Lords

Employment: Literacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the effects of literacy and numeracy levels on employment trends in Harlow constituency in each of the last 10 years.

Asked by

Robert Halfon (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

31 January 2012

For answer on

2 February 2012

Answered on

9 February 2012

I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.Trend data on literacy and numeracy levels and their effect on employment levels in Harlow constituency over each of the last 10 years are not available. The most recent available data on literacy and numeracy levels in the Harlow constituency are the modelled estimates based on the 2003 Skills for Life survey¹. Table 1 as follows provides the estimated numbers and proportions of adults aged between 16 and 65 (inclusive) at each literacy and numeracy level:"¹ Available online at:""http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100415101327/http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/readwriteplus_skillsforlifesurvey/statics/allpcons_881_0.shtml""accessed on 7 February 2012. This webpage includes the literacy estimates for the Harlow constituency. Numeracy estimates are obtainable by clicking on the 'Numeracy' button above the table."

Table 1: Literacy and numeracy levels in Harlow constituency (2003)
	Literacy	Numeracy
	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
Entry Level or below	5,435	10	27,290	48
Level 1	26,340	46	18,580	33
Level 2 or above	25,390	45	10,480	18
Note:
Numbers and proportions are estimates. Proportions may not sum to 100 due to rounding.
Source:
Modelled estimates based on the 2003 Skills for Life survey.

The fieldwork for the survey on which these modelled estimates are based was conducted between July 2002 and May 2003. No information is provided at a constituency level in the survey of the impact of literacy and numeracy levels on employment. The overall findings for England reported in the 2003 Skills for Life survey report indicated that the literacy and numeracy Levels of people in employment were higher than those who were not employed, as shown in tables 2 and 3 as follows:

Table 2: Literacy level by employment status in England, 2003
	Employed	Non-employed
	All	Full-time	Part-time	All	Seeking work	Not seeking work
Entry level and below (percentage)	13	12	14	26	25	26
Level 1 (percentage)	40	39	42	39	39	39
Level 2 or above (percentage)	48	48	44	35	37	35

Base	5,485	4,086	1,399	2,379	308	2,071
Base:
All respondents in 2003 Skills for Life survey with literacy level recorded.
Note:
Figures may not sum to 100% due to rounding.

Table 3: Numeracy level by employment status in England, 2003
	Employed	Non-employed
	All	Full-time	Part-time	All	Seeking work	Not seeking work
Entry Level and below (percentage)	41	38	51	61	58	62
Level 1 (percentage)	30	30	27	23	22	23
Level 2 or above (percentage)	29	32	22	16	20	16

Base	5,544	4,127	1,417	2,489	322	2,167
Base:
All respondents in 2003 Skills for Life survey with numeracy level recorded.
Note:
Figures may not sum to 100% due to rounding.

It is worth noting that the correlation between employment and skill level does not necessarily imply a causal relationship, as other factors also affect both variables.

Date

9 February 2012

Reference

93397; 540 c341-3W

House

House of Commons

Literacy: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what his Department's most recent estimate is of the number of 15-year-olds who are functionally illiterate.

Asked by

Lord Spellar (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 February 2012

Reference

89910; 540 c44W

House

House of Commons

Secondary Education: Literacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what measures are in place to ensure that secondary school pupils with literacy difficulties are identified early and receive adequate support; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Fabian Hamilton (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 February 2012

Reference

92401; 539 c744W

House

House of Commons

Primary Education: Literacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what support his Department is giving to primary schools to develop pupils' literacy skills in years two to six.

Asked by

Fabian Hamilton (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

31 January 2012

Reference

92399; 539 c632W

House

House of Commons

Offenders: Literacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps he is taking to help minor offenders overcome difficulties with reading and writing.

Asked by

Hazel Blears (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Justice

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

24 January 2012

Reference

90672; 539 c221W

House

House of Commons

Education: Literacy

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Wilcox on 20 December (WA 343), what is their assessment of the 13-point rise in the proportion of 16 to 18 year-olds achieving level 2 literacy or higher.

Asked by

Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Labour)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 January 2012

Reference

14612; 734 c173-4WA

House

House of Lords

Education: Literacy

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Wilcox on 20 December (WA 343), what is their assessment of the substantial up-shift from level 1 to level 2 literacy of 16 to 65 year-olds.

Asked by

Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Labour)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 January 2012

Reference

14611; 734 c145WA

House

House of Lords

Early Years Foundation Stage

I am today publishing the Government response to the consultation on the early years foundation stage (EYFS). The consultation has shown broad support for the Government's proposals for a reformed EYFS, implementing the recommendations of Dame Clare Tickell's independent review. The reforms will reduce paperwork and bureaucracy for professionals; focus...

Member

Baroness Teather (Liberal Democrat)

Department

Department for Education

Type

Written statements

Date

20 December 2011

Reference

537 c156-7WS

House

House of Commons

Education: Early Years Foundation Stage

My honourable friend the Minister of State for Children and Families, Department for Education (Sarah Teather) has today made the following Statement. I am today publishing the government response to the consultation on the early years foundation stage (EYFS). The consultation has shown broad support for the Government’s proposals for...

Member

Lord Hill of Oareford (Conservative)

Department

Department for Education

Type

Written statements

Date

20 December 2011

Reference

733 c188-9WS

House

House of Lords

Apprenticeships

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what were the results of, and what is their assessment of, the 2011 Skills for Life Survey.

Asked by

Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Labour)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Answered on

20 December 2011

The 2011 Skills for Life survey examines the literacy, numeracy and information and communication technology (ICT) skills of adults, aged between 16 and 65 years old, in England. This is a follow-up to the original survey conducted in 2003.The headline findings report for the 2011 survey¹ was published on 1 December. The full survey report is due to be published in spring 2012. The key headline findings from the survey are that: There has been a substantial up-shift from Level 1 to Level 2 literacy: 56.6 per cent of 16-65 year-olds with literacy at Level 2 or above in 2011,² compared to 44.2 per cent in 2003. Among 16-18 year-olds there has been a 13 percentage point rise in the proportion achieving Level 2 or above literacy and a 12 percentage point rise for 19-65 year-olds. There has been no statistically significant change in the proportion of 16-65 year-olds achieving Level 1 or above literacy: 85.1 per cent in 2011, compared to 83.8 per cent in 2003. There are more adults at the lowest levels of literacy; those with Entry Level 1 and Entry Level 2 literacy have increased from 5.4 per cent (1.7 million) in 2003 to 7.1 per cent (2.4 million) in 2011. There has been a small decrease (2.3 percentage points) since 2003 in the proportion of 16-65 year-olds possessing numeracy skills at Entry Level 3 or above: 76.3 per cent in 2011. compared to 78.6 per cent in 2003. On the three practical ICT assessments, respondents tended to perform best in e-mailing (52 per cent at Level 2 or above). People were least likely to achieve Level 2 or above on spreadsheet use (17 per cent), but word processing had the highest proportion of people at Entry Level 2 or below (43 per cent). Seven in 10 adults aged 16-65 years old achieved Level 1 or above in literacy and Entry Level 3 or above in numeracy. One in 10 (10 per cent) were below both of these levels. The Government highlighted in New Challenges, New Chances,³ published on 1 December 2011, that though there has been a large improvement since 2003 in Level 2 and above literacy, it is unacceptable that 24 per cent of adults lack functional numeracy skills and 15 per cent lack functional literacy skills. Following their review of adult literacy and numeracy provision, the Government have set out in New Challenges, New Chances the actions they are taking to improve the economic and personal returns of its investment in literacy and numeracy provision. "1 TNS-BMRB and AlphaPlus Consultancy Ltd. (1/12/11) 2011 Skills for Life survey: headline findings, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, BIS research paper 57. Available online at: http: www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/further-education-skills/docs/0-9/11-1367-2011-skills-for-life-survey-findings.pdf, accessed on 13/12/11.""2 The Skills for Life surveys were conducted in 2002-03 and 2010-11. For ease of reference, they are referred to in the text as the 2003 and 2011 surveys.""3 BIS (1/12/11) New Challenges, New Chances: Further Education and Skills System Reform Plan: building a World Class Skills System, available online at: http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/further-education-skills/docs/f/11-1340-further-education-skills-system-reform-plan.pdf, accessed on 13/12/11."

Date

20 December 2011

Reference

733 c343-4WA; 14255

House

House of Lords

Literacy and Numeracy

The top-performing countries in maths, such as Singapore, hardly use calculators at all in primary schools. Britain uses calculators more than any other country and is ranked 28th in the world in maths. Does the Minister think that there is a correlation?

Asked by

Elizabeth Truss (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education

Oral questions - Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

21 November 2011

Reference

536 c15

House

House of Commons

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